This is a man who is so dedicated to his students that in 28 years as a
classroom teacher he called in sick only once, and that bothered him so
much that he dragged himself out of bed for a school event that night.

He is so dedicated that he ran for Superintendent on a platform to
improve the schools and won by a whisker, then the enemies of the public
schools through him out four years later and replaced him with a woman
who was so incompetent that over 10 years later he is still trying to
undo the damage she wreaked.

He is so dedicated that after that defeat, rather than pack, he fought
back and won re-election four years after that, and four years after
that, and four years after that.

And this is a man who still farms 100 acres as a hobby. And he's still looking for his bashert.

As you can see in the photo, seeing his face is almost like seeing an angelic being.

As he was departing last night, the Thanksgiving guests of our neighbors
across the street were also heading out. One of these guests approached
the truck to speak with him literally as he was about to the pickup
into gear. It turns out that while unloading the night before, in the
darkness he had left a small bag sitting on the truck's saddlebox.

This lady, not knowing whose truck it was, had been so concerned that
the bag would be stolen, she moved it beneath the saddlebox, out of
sight. Angel meets angel?

So
as he journies back to his homestead, we are greatful for such
friendship and goodness that can be found in such an out-of-the way
place the world hasn't yet heard of called Vaiden, Mississippi.